Luigi Mangione Accepts Nearly $300K From Supporters For Legal Defense in UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Case

Photo:Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Luigi Mangionehas accepted nearly $300,000 in donations from supporters as he awaits trial for allegedly slayingBrian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in December. Mangione’s lead attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, told the December 4 Committee — so named for the date of Thompson’s murder — that Mangione “very much appreciates the outpouring of support” from what the committee says is more than 10,000 individual donors. Mangione, the Ivy League-educated scion of a prominent Maryland real estate family, is accused of gunning down Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel where he was heading to an investors' conference.

Luigi Mangione Allegedly Considered Using Bomb to Murder CEO but Did Not Want to 'Kill Innocents': Source

Luigi Mangione.Photo:PA Department of Corrections / Handout/Anadolu via Getty; Pennsylvania State Police PA Department of Corrections / Handout/Anadolu via Getty; Pennsylvania State Police Luigi Mangione, who authorities accuse of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEOBrian Thompson, allegedly wrote in a notebook that he considered bombing Manhattan to carry out the killing but did not want to “kill innocents,” a senior law enforcement source tells PEOPLE. The notebook, which police allegedly found on Mangione, contained a to-do list related to the killing, the law enforcement source says, and allegedly discussed different murder methods.

Luigi Mangione Expected to Waive Extradition, Could Be Taken to New York by Thursday: Reports

Luigi Mangione.Photo:Jeff Swensen/Getty Jeff Swensen/Getty Luigi Mangione, the accused killer ofUnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is expected to waive his right to an extradition hearing and could be arraigned in New York as soon as Thursday. Mangione’s New York lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, and his Pennsylvania lawyer, Thomas Dickey, did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment. By waiving extradition, Mangione could immediately be transported to New York to be arraigned in front of a judge.

Luigi Mangione Fights to Keep Trial from Moving to N.Y.C. as He's Denied Bail

Photo:Jeff Swensen/Getty Jeff Swensen/Getty A lawyer for thesuspected killerof UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson told a judge Tuesday he will contest a pending extradition to New York to face the murder charge against him. Mangione arrived at the Blair County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon in an orange jumpsuit, tussling with officers andshouting a message to the assembled media. “It’s completely out of touch! It’s an insult to the American people and its lived experience!

Luigi Mangione Plotted to 'Wack' an Insurance CEO for Weeks Before Brian Thompson's Killing: Feds

Luigi Mangione.Photo:Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Weeks before allegedly shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson,Luigi Mangionewrote that the company’s investor conference was a perfect place to “wack” a top insurance executive, federal prosecutors contend in a criminal complaint filed Thursday, Dec. 19. (The use of “wack” is an apparent misspelling of “whack.") The notebook entry describes the investor conference as “a true windfall” where “the message becomes self-evident,” per the indictment.